Pearson Edexcel GCSE (9 –1)English Language post-16 resits

Improving writing through Grammar for Writing

The Grammar for Writing pedagogy provides an evidence-based method of improving student writing and reading. That's why we've incorporated it into the support we'll be offering for our GCSE (9-1) English language specifications.

Download a free GFW full unit of work (available to Edexcel centres only)

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Download 5 lessons’ worth of free content below to trial and use in the classroom. These materials are also available for free via our ActiveTeach platform with full interactive functionality, exclusively for centres who have registered interest in GCSE English.

In 2012, Professor Debra Myhill and her team at the University of Exeter published the findings of a three-year study into the impact of contextualised grammar teaching on writing. In the study, KS3 students exposed to the Grammar for Writing pedagogy made almost double the rate of progress in writing.

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A positive impact

More recently, Professor Myhill and her team carried out a new study at KS4 to see if it had the same significant effect. Again, the intervention had a statistically significant positive impact on students’ reading and writing, specifically with language analysis, sentence structure, punctuation and spelling.